N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 5204: Release of lien or levy upon appeal

§ 5204. Release of lien or levy upon appeal. Upon motion of the

judgment debtor, upon notice to the judgment creditor, the sheriff and

the sureties upon the undertaking, the court may order, upon such terms

as justice requires, that the lien of a money judgment, or that a levy

made pursuant to an execution issued upon a money judgment, be released

as to all or specified real or personal property upon the ground that

the judgment debtor has given an undertaking upon appeal sufficient to

secure the judgment creditor.